Street artist paints photorealistic mylar ballon murals

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Swedish street artist Huge creates a lot of cool stuff, but he's best know for his balloon art that looks like those novelty letter-shaped mylar balloons in various levels of inflation.

Huge, alias Daniel Fahlströms, is a spray artist who began painting graffiti in the mid 80's, then left to mostly paint with airbrush. Today he is active in his studio in Älta outside Stockholm, except when painting walls and facades around the country. Huge undertakes painting assignments from both companies and individuals, painting on walls, paintings, buses, etc. In addition to mural paintings, he mastered all the paint and paint techniques.

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